In the calendar entry for each week you will see which module must be completed before that week’s lecture. Do also explore the course content on your own, and the rest of this website.
Each module is self-contained and generally comprises: introductory remarks, videos, readings, concluding remarks.
The readings are categorised as
- Essential (read all of these, and complete them before the class)
- Recommended (read as many as possible before the class, catch up on the remainder when you have spare time)
- Extra (only read if you’re interested; some readings may be challenging; most are beyond the scope of the course)
- Tuesday, 14 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 1: IntroductionTuesday, 14 January 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond
Note: Students who have not taken Speech Processing must talk to the lecturer. There will be time included at the end of the class for this.
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- Wednesday, 15 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 1 (group 1)Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Welcome to the first lab session for Speech Synthesis! In this week’s lab, you will set up your workspace for the coursework. Before the lab, read through the instructions on speech.zone under Exercises > Unit selection voice, at least up to and including the section on recording your voice. You should attend at least one lab per week, but you’re welcome to come to both (space permitting).
Tutors: Korin & Ariadna
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- Thursday, 16 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 1 (group 2)Thursday, 16 January 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Welcome to the first lab session for Speech Synthesis! In this week’s lab, you will set up your workspace for the coursework. Before the lab, read through the instructions on speech.zone under Exercises > Unit selection voice, at least up to and including the section on recording your voice. You should attend at least one lab per week, but you’re welcome to come to both (space permitting).
Tutor: Korin
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- Friday, 17 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 17 January 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and dicuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 21 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 2: unit selectionTuesday, 21 January 2025 at 14:10 - 15:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 3: unit selection target cost functionsTuesday, 21 January 2025 at 15:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond
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- Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 2 (group 1)Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Korin & Ariadna
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- Thursday, 23 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 2 (group 2)Thursday, 23 January 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Korin & Atli
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- Friday, 24 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone AFriday, 24 January 2025
Built a voice from existing ARCTIC data (e.g., slt). Worked through individual steps of voice building, starting to understand them in detail. Investigated relative weighting of target cost versus join cost.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 24 January 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 4: the databaseTuesday, 28 January 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond
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- Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 3 (group 1)Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Korin & Ariadna
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- Thursday, 30 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 3 (group 2)Thursday, 30 January 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Korin & Atli
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- Friday, 31 January 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone BFriday, 31 January 2025
Learned how to make recordings. Started your recordings of ARCTIC A. Decided whether to do automatic script selection, or a manual design.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 31 January 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 04 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 5: evaluationTuesday, 04 February 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond
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- Wednesday, 05 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 4 (group 1)Wednesday, 05 February 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Korin & Ariadna
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- Thursday, 06 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 4 (group 2)Thursday, 06 February 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Korin & Atli
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- Friday, 07 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone CFriday, 07 February 2025
Completed recording of ARCTIC A script. Fully understood the do_alignment script. Selected your limited domain. For automatic script selection, identified a source of text to select from.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 07 February 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 11 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 6: speech signal analysis & modellingTuesday, 11 February 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond or Simon King (TBC)
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- Wednesday, 12 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 5 (group 1)Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & Ariadna
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- Thursday, 13 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 5 (group 2)Thursday, 13 February 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & Atli
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- Friday, 14 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone DFriday, 14 February 2025
Built a voice from your own ARCTIC A recordings. Implemented your automatic script design algorithm, or manually created your additional script.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 14 February 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Friday, 21 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone EFriday, 21 February 2025
Completed all recordings, including your own additional material. Fully understood all the design choices in building a voice. Explored the effect of several design choices (e.g., pitch marking and F0 estimation accuracy). Multiple voices built (e.g., from various subsets of your data or with difference design choices).
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- Tuesday, 25 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 7: Statistical Parametric Speech SynthesisTuesday, 25 February 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Korin Richmond
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- Wednesday, 26 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 6 (group 1)Wednesday, 26 February 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Thursday, 27 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 6 (group 2)Thursday, 27 February 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & Atli
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- Friday, 28 February 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone FFriday, 28 February 2025
Final listening test design started. Decided on method for implementing the test (e.g., online). Made decision about final set of voices required to test your hypotheses. Started building those voices. Identified and fixed one label alignment error.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 28 February 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 04 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 8: Deep Neural NetworksTuesday, 04 March 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Simon King
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- Wednesday, 05 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 7 (group 1)Wednesday, 05 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Thursday, 06 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 7 (group 2)Thursday, 06 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & Atli
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- Friday, 07 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone GFriday, 07 March 2025
Listening test designed and implemented. Pilot listening test with one or two listeners completed.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 07 March 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 11 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - module 9: sequence-to-sequence modelsTuesday, 11 March 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Simon King
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- Wednesday, 12 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 8 (group 1)Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: TBC & TBC
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- Thursday, 13 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 8 (group 2)Thursday, 13 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: TBC & Atli
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- Friday, 14 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone HFriday, 14 March 2025
Listening test underway. Continued experimentation to explore design choices.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 14 March 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 18 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - the state of the art (1 of 2)Tuesday, 18 March 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Simon King
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- Wednesday, 19 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 9 (group 1)Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Thursday, 20 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 9 (group 2)Thursday, 20 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & Atli
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- Friday, 21 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone IFriday, 21 March 2025
Optional small follow-on listening test designed. Decided which hypotheses and experiments will feature in your lab report. Selected an evaluation method for each, which will be a listening test in some cases, but not all.
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Speech Synthesis - milestone IFriday, 21 March 2025
Optional small follow-on listening test designed. Decided which hypotheses and experiments will feature in your lab report. Selected an evaluation method for each, which will be a listening test in some cases, but not all.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 21 March 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Tuesday, 25 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture - the state of the art (2 of 2)Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Dugald Stewart Building 3.10/3.11
Lecturer: Simon King
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- Wednesday, 26 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 10 (group 1)Wednesday, 26 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Thursday, 27 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 10 (group 2)Thursday, 27 March 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Friday, 28 March 2025
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Speech Synthesis - milestone JFriday, 28 March 2025
Completed draft write-up.
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 28 March 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Wednesday, 02 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 11 (group 1)Wednesday, 02 April 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Thursday, 03 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - Week 11 (group 2)Thursday, 03 April 2025 at 11:10 - 13:00Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
Tutors: Simon & TBC
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- Friday, 04 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - drop-in sessionFriday, 04 April 2025 at 10:00 - 11:50Appleton Tower 4.02 - PPLS Computer Lab
The lab is booked for exclusive use by Speech Synthesis students. Make use of this time to work alongside your classmates and discuss the assignment. We do not plan to provide tutors.
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- Monday, 07 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis Lab - additional session TBC?Monday, 07 April 2025 at 10:00 - 10:50
Tutor: Simon
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- Thursday, 10 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis Milestone: Coursework Due 12 noonThursday, 10 April 2025
Confirmed date for 2025: Thursday 10th April
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- Tuesday, 22 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis lecture: Revision Session (LASC10062 only)Tuesday, 22 April 2025 at 14:10 - 16:00Location TBC
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- Tuesday, 29 April 2025
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Speech Synthesis Exam (LASC10062 only) - placeholder - date WILL CHANGE!Tuesday, 29 April 2025 from 14:00 to 16:00Location TBC ( Map )2 hour closed book exam for undergraduates only. This is centrally timetabled during the May exam diet. The date will be announced by Registry around the middle of the semester.
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